内容正文:
Unit 4 Earthquakes
SectionⅠ Warming Up & Reading
Ⅰ.单词拼写
根据下列句子所提供的汉语提示或所给单词的首字母,写出各单词正确的完全形式(每空限写一词)。
1.The dam b________under the weight of water.
2.This flood will be the________(祸根)of the harvest.
3.This would cause great hardship and s________.
4.I hope I didn't i________her feelings.
5.The heavy rain d________all hope of a picnic.
6.You get an electric s________if you touch a live wire.
7.The life boat was sent out to r________the sailors from the sinking ship.
8.They were t________in the burning hotel.
9.Her head was b________in the book she was reading.
10.We________(遮蔽;庇护)under a tree until the shower passed.
答案:
1.burst 译文:那水坝在水的压力下决口了。
2.ruin 译文:这场洪水将是没有收成的祸根。
3.suffering 译文:这将造成极大的艰难困苦。
4.injure 译文:我希望我没有伤害她的感情。
5.destroyed 译文:大雨打破了野餐的一切希望。
6.shock 译文:如果触动电线你会触电的。
7.rescue 译文:救生艇被派出去救沉船的水手。
8.trapped 译文:他们被困在发生火灾的旅馆里。
9.buried 译文:她在埋头读书。
10.sheltered 译文:我们在树下躲雨, 直到雨过天晴。
Ⅱ.用所给词的适当形式填空
1.It________(shock)me to see how my neighbours treated their children.
2.They were________(trap)in the burning hotel.
3.Two players are out of the team because of________(injure).
4.We shouldn't waste________(electrical)in our daily life.
5.Death finally brought an end to his________(suffer).
6.This tie is________(dirt), so I'll take it to the cleaner's.
7.In India there is a________(nation)festival on October 20 to honour Mahandas Gandhi.
8.I think it is dangerous to be a________(mine).
答案:1.shocked 2.trapped 3.injury 4.electricity
5.suffering 6.dirty 7.national 8.miner
Ⅲ.单项填空
1.—We need an immediate reply.
—I see. I'll send the paper to you________.
A.just now
B.sooner or later
C.right away
D.for a while
答案:C right away “立刻;马上”与上文“immediate reply”相一致。
2.The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities________rising steadily since 1997.
A.is
B.are
C.has been
D.have been
答案:C 本题考查主谓一致和时态。主语是 the number故谓语动词用单数,又因为时间状语是since 1997,并且动作未停止,所以用现在完成进行时态。
3.He was so________thought that he didn't see the pole on the road.
A.buried in
B.careful with
C.bu